Tiffany Heritage

Behind every dream is the dreamer: the one who frees us from the constraints of the everyday by presenting a new paradigm of possibility and wonder. Such was Charles Lewis Tiffany, better known as “The King of Diamonds,” who dared to dream of a life more beautiful than any that had come before.

A true visionary, Mr. Tiffany had the audacity to do things no one else had the courage to try.

He arrived in New York City in 1837 at the age of 25, and opened his first store that same year.

He traveled to Europe in the 19th century to acquire collections of important diamonds, the extraordinary quality of which led the American press to dub him “The King of Diamonds.”

In 1886, Charles Lewis Tiffany debuted the Tiffany® Setting to highlight the fire and beauty of a solitaire diamond, introducing the world to the engagement ring as we know it today.